Economics
Economics Awards and Prizes
The Department of Economics presents awards each academic year to exceptional students who’ve completed coursework, research projects, or internships.
- Honors in Economics: Awarded to select seniors who have participated in the department’s year-long, invitation-only seminar program, and those who have demonstrated outstanding economic research and possess impressive academic records.
- Joel Dean Prize in Economics: Awarded to a graduating senior who has done exceptional work as a Teaching Fellow during their Oberlin career.
- Jesse Philips ’39 Prize in Economics: Awarded to an outstanding economics major in their junior year.
- Albert Rees ’43 Fellowship/Prize: Awarded to an excellent economics major in their junior year.
- Hanson Prize in Economics: Awarded to economics majors in their junior year for an essay or special work in economics.
- Kutzen Prize in Economics: For outstanding research in economics by a senior student.
- Comfort Starr Prize in Economics: Awarded to economics majors in their senior year for excellence in the discipline.
- Omicron Delta Epsilon, Alpha Theta Chapter of Ohio: Nominees are admitted to the international honors society for economics.
- Phi Beta Kappa: Nominees are admitted to the nation’s most prestigious academic honor society.